Connecticut · Public charity
Fairfield County Sports Commission Inc
The Commission promotes fitness and an active, healthy lifestyle and personal development through sports. It acts as the one-stop resource for the sports communities in the county. The main focus is creating and supporting programs for fitness awareness education, focused primarily on the 110,000 school age youngsters in the 16…
- $47k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 7
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $35k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $58k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Fairfield County Sports Commission Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $35k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $41k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $15k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $5k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $3k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $4k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $29k | 80% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $13k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kids Helping Kids Inc | $18,500 | 4 | 4% |
| The Carver Inc | $17,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Stamford Inc | $16,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Connecticut Golf Foundation Inc the First Tee of Connecticut | $12,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Cardinal Shehan Center Inc | $10,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Chelsea Piers Aquatic Club | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Dovetail Sip Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Marist University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brakettes Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kids Helping Kids Inc | $18,500 | 4 | 4% |
| The Carver Inc | $17,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Stamford Inc | $16,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Connecticut Golf Foundation Inc the First Tee of Connecticut | $12,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Cardinal Shehan Center Inc | $10,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Chelsea Piers Aquatic Club | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Dovetail Sip Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Marist University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brakettes Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ejs Heart | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bridgeport Public Schools | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Fairfield County Interscholasti Athletic Conference Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ferraro Family Foundation Incorporated | $2,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Cmak Sandy Hook Memorial Foundation Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Future 5 Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| LEAPS OF FAITH WATER SKI CLUB INC dba LOF ADAPTIVE SKIERS | $1,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Newtown Youth Academy Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bridgeport Youth Lacrosse Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($9k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fairfield County Sports Commission Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc · The per and Astrid Heidenreich Family Foundation · The Pitney Bowes Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Fairfield County Sports Commission Inc
- How much does Fairfield County Sports Commission Inc give?
- Fairfield County Sports Commission Inc reported 7 itemized grants totaling $35,000, out of $47,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Fairfield County Sports Commission Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (44%), Education (21%), Recreation & Sports (11%).
- Who are Fairfield County Sports Commission Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Kids Helping Kids Inc ($19k), The Carver Inc ($17k), Boys & Girls Club of Stamford Inc ($17k).
- Does Fairfield County Sports Commission Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Fairfield County Sports Commission Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fairfield County's Community Foundation Inc, The per and Astrid Heidenreich Family Foundation, The Pitney Bowes Foundation.
- Where is Fairfield County Sports Commission Inc based?
- Fairfield County Sports Commission Inc is based in CT.
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